Cloth-piling machine.



C. WEISS.

CLOTH FILING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2a, 190s.

957,525 Patented May 10, 1910.

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ANDREW B GRAHAM C0. Fnolo-LIYNOGRAPMERS. wAsHlNowN. Dic.

C. WEISS.

CLOTH FILING MACHINE.

- APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1909. 57,525 Patented May 10, 1916.

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ANDREW a CRAM om PHOrmLlTMoaRAPMERs, wASMmnToN. D. C,

CORNELIUS WEISS, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTH-FILING MACHINE.

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To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CoRNELiUs lVniss, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Flatbush, borough of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth- Piling Machines, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to cloth piling machines and its novelty consists in the construction and adaptation of the parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

In Letters Patent of the United States, .tl-937,398, granted to me on the nineteenth day of October, 1909, there is described and claimed a novel form of machine of this class which comprises a table, carriers adapted to be moved along each side thereof, a vertically adjustable bracket secured to each earrier, transverse cloth supporting devices adapted to be supported by the brackets above the table, means for adjusting the brackets at the same height, and other connected and related devices for readily handling' cloth in bulk.

r1`he present application relates te improvements upon the machine which forms the subject matter of the application referred to.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. is an end elevation of the same, the table being shown in transverse vertical section; and Fig. 4e is a perspective detail of the means for upholding the shelves.

In the drawings, 1 is a table having a number of legs or supports 2, along its sides to which are secured rail brackets 50 for the purpose of supporting upper channel rails and lower channel rails 16. The rails 5 and 16 are mounted below the table top in order to leave the edges of the table free, inasmuch as various tools (not shown) such as folding gages, etc., may be secured along the edges of the table if desired. Belts 9 are moved lengthwise of the table by suitable means, as a motor actuated pulley (not shown). The ends of the belts are fastened to carriers 60, one on each side of the table, and each carrier is provided with two lower wheels G2, 62, adapted to roll or travel in the lower channel rails 16 and two similar upper wheels adapted to roll or travel in the upper channel rails 5. The carriers are each Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 23, 1909.

Patented May 1o, icio. serial No. 491,753.

provided on their outer sides with sleeves or boxes 64 to receive the depending stems 61 of brackets 25, and which stems may be vertically adjusted in the sleeves and held in any desired position after adjustment by set screws 6G.

Each bracket 25 extends upwardly above the level of the top of the table l and is then bent inwardly to form a transverse shelf 250 extending nearly half way across the table and then downwardly again to form a depending flange 251 which is forked and is ada ptedto fit into a box G40 secured to the side of a smaller carrier G00 supplied with wheels G20 which rest upon the top of the table. A transverse brace 252 is provided to give rigidity to the construction. A turn table Q53 secured to the shelf Q50 in any suitable manner, and upon this is mounted the cloth support proper 10. As each support extends practically half way across t-he table leaving only a small space between them, by the use of this construction, the capacity of the table is practically doubled when relatively narrow lengths of cloth are to be handled.

The cloth support comprises first a lower shelf @t1 revolubly mounted on the transverse shelf Q5() by means of the turn tabl-e Uprights e2 are arranged along the edges of the shelf. On their outer side they are each provided with oblique recesses #t3 adapted to receive cross bars 1-1 to the ends of which are pivoted links 4%() which, at their opposite ends, are pivoted to blocks 45 which are squared at 4:50 to rest against the inner vertical side of the upright 42 and at 451 to afford a horizontal surface on which an upper detachable shelf 4G is supported. At suitable places, transverse guide rods 4-7, 48, are secured to the outer pair of uprights 42 on each support. rlhese guide rods may be either permanently or detachably mounted on the uprights in any suitable manner.

In use, the cloth is piled in folds on the shelves 41 and 4G as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 2 and the loose ends are guided by means of the rods 17 and 4S and are brought together as may be desired. The carriers 60 are propelled by power' applied through the belt 9 while the carriers 600 rolling along the table top serve to maintain the cloth support proper in an upright position. As the support can be brought to project beyond the end of the table in either direction the full length of the table may be utilized for the cutting operations. lAs the cloth supports can be revolved they may be reversed in position and can be caused to travel in the same or opposite directions at the will of the operator, so that the manipulation of the cloth is by the described construction much facilitated.

IVhat I claim as new is l. In a machine of the character described, a table, a rail mounted on each side of and below the top thereof, a carrier movable on the rail on each side of the table, two carriers mounted on the top of the table, and two cloth supports adapted to be moved in parallel lines above the table and each mounted on two carriers, onemoving upon the rail alongside of the table and another moving upon the table.

2. A cloth support comprising a revoluble lower shelf, uprights secured thereto, an upper shelf, and means for detachably and adjustably securing the upper shelf in position, consisting of detachable blocks supported from the uprights and upon which the upper shelf can rest.

3. A cloth support comprising a revoluble lower shelf, uprights secured thereto, an upper shelf, and means for detachably and adj ustably securing the upper shelf in position, consisting of external notches in the uprights arranged in series in substantially horizontal planes and detachable blocks internally supported therefrom and on which the upper shelf can rest.

Ll. A cloth support comprising a framework including a series of uprights, notches cut in the outer side thereof and arranged in series in substantially horizontal planes, detachable blocks each having a horizontal face adapted to serve as a shelf support and a vertical face adapted to rest against the inner side of one of the supports and means engaging with the notches in the uprights to hold the blocks in position.

A cloth support comprising a frame work including a series of uprights, notches cut in the outer side thereof and arranged in series in substantially horizontal planes, detachable blocks each having a horizont-al face adapted to serve as a shelf support and a vertical face adapted to rest againstthe inner side of one of the supports and means engaging with the notches in the uprights to hold the blocks in position, consisting of the same so that they can pass each other when moved and carriers arranged in pairs whereby each frame is supported in a horizontal position, one of said carriers being higher than the other, a cloth support arranged above each frame and a revolving connection between it and the frame.

8. The combination of a table, a frame arranged across the same, carriers by which the frame is supported in a horizontal position, one movable alongside of and another on top of the table, a cloth support arranged above the frame and a revolving connection between it and the frame, the cloth support having a plurality of shelves, one of which is vertically adjustable with respect to the other.

9. The combination of a table, a frame arranged across the same, carriers by which the frame is supported in a horizontal position, one movable alongside of and another on top of the table, a cloth support arranged above the frame and a revolving connection between it and the frame, the cloth support having a plurality of shelves one of which is detachable from the support.

10. The combination of a table, a frame arranged across the same, carriers by which the same is supported in Va horizontal position, one movable alongside of and another on top of the table, a cloth support arranged above the frame and a revolving connection between it and the frame, and a cloth support having a pluraltiy of shelves one of which is detachable from the support and vertically adjustable thereon.

IVitness my hand this 21st day of April 1909, at New York, N. Y.

CORNELIUS IVEISS.

IVitnesses:

MAY HUGHES, ALAN C. MGDONNELL. 

